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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">My name is Rishivarshil, and I'm with The Quantum Club at The Ohio State University. We're hosting Qiskit Fall Fest 2026, a free quantum computing hackathon,
from November 6 to 13, and I'm writing to ask whether you would be willing to share it with students in the Department of Engineering at Ohio University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Here is the schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kickoff, Friday, Nov 6 at 5 PM (PRB 1080): guest talk by IBM Quantum and a hands-on Qiskit workshop<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Build Week, Nov 7-12: students build projects with their teams, with office hours all week<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finale, Friday, Nov 13 at 5 PM: project presentations, judging, and prizes<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Qiskit is a Python framework, so students who already code can start building quantum algorithms right away, and the hackathon is a chance to add a quantum
project to their portfolios. Attendance is free; no prior to quantum experience is needed, and every major is welcome. The Kickoff and Finale days are in person, but the build week is remote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Would you be able to forward this to your department's student mailing list, include it in a newsletter, or mention it to students who might be interested?
I'm happy to send a flyer and a short blurb that you can paste directly into an email. Full details and registration are at
<a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquantumclub-osu.github.io%2Fosu-qiskit-fall-fest26%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ceecs_bsee%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cecdfd2d2ed634b23cc4f08df29331c38%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C639274971628106689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xuZ595VsGMMcI3u%2FPNxNRGQvtxcG%2F%2FCcSuEx6IpkM3g%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://quantumclub-osu.github.io/osu-qiskit-fall-fest26/" title="https://quantumclub-osu.github.io/osu-qiskit-fall-fest26/">
https://quantumclub-osu.github.io/osu-qiskit-fall-fest26/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thank you for your time, and please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="xspanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">All the best,</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Rishivarshil Nelakurti</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#242424"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="xspanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Honors Physics Major | Stamps Eminence Scholar</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="xspanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Research Assistant | Singh Group | Kim Group</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="xspanwithbackgroundcolor"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#242424;background:white">740-953-3506 |
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><a href="mailto:nelakurti.2@osu.edu">nelakurti.2@osu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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